Best Job of 2012: Software Engineer

May 15, 2012

By Developer.com Staff

Job search site CareerCast.com recently published its list of the best and worst jobs of 2012. Based on salary, stress levels, hiring outlook, physical demands, and work environment, they ranked software engineer number one.

Increasing demand and high salaries helped proper software engineering to the top of the chart. "Over the last few years there's definitely been a 20% to 25% uptick in salary for software engineers," said software engineering veteran Tom Janofsky. "I feel like I live in a different economy. We're constantly hiring, which is so different from what I hear on the news. It's sort of surreal."